A BOOK REVIEW by Frances Devlin-Glass Vivien Igoe: The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses, a Biographical Guide, University College Dublin Press, Dublin, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-910820-06-03 RRP: €40 This is a book that few lovers of Joyce will be able to resist, and they should be urged not to resist. We’ve known since the Linati schema was … Continue reading
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Otherworld Stories
CD Review by Niki na Meadhra Helena Byrne: Scéal: a Collection of Irish Stories, Music & Poetry Available at http://helenabyrne.com/sceal RRP: €12 Helena Byrne is an experienced storyteller, seanchaí, who also works as an actor and director, in theatre, founding the Break-Away Project Performance Company in 2012. Her new CD, Scéal, begins with an introduction to the Ireland … Continue reading
Jobs at the EU for Irish speakers
It is expected that almost 200 jobs for Irish speakers, based at institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg will be created over the next five years.
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Looking for Irish in Australia
In a few years I had lost this language. I vowed to go back to Irish and to never again lose it. Continue reading
Lake School 2017 Launch
Launch of the 18th Lake School Continue reading
The Educational Philosophy of Patrick H Pearse
Pearse’s philosophy of education is informed by one simple idea: the necessity for a secure sense of identity. Continue reading
Ó dhúchas
The Aboriginal languages of Australia are infinitely older than either Irish or English Continue reading
Breathing up Collective Sound: The Lake School
A FEATURE by Roslyn Hames The Lake School of Celtic Music, Song and Dance is an annual camp held during the first week of January (2-7 Jan.) across tiny Koroit, a historical town of many Irish connections on the south-west coast of Victoria. The event offers a high level of tuition in the building blocks … Continue reading
Scoil Teanga/Irish Language School Jan 2016
improve your Irish and make new friends!
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Rarity in Australian publishing history
Colin Ryan, an Irish-language writer from Australia, makes his own of the language and gives it a unique Australian twist. Continue reading